Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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A team of Cambridge engineers and scientists has developed a method of ‘up-sizing’ organoids: miniature collections of cells which mimic the behaviour of various #organs and are promising tools for the study of #humanbiology and disease.

The researchers used their method to culture and grow a ‘mini-airway’, the first time that a tube-shaped organoid has been developed without the need for any external support:
eng.cam.ac.uk/news/new-method-developed-sizing-mini-organs-used-medical-research

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